CVE-2020-5403 (GCVE-0-2020-5403)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-03-03 18:25 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
DoS Via Malformed URL with Reactor Netty HTTP Server
Summary
Reactor Netty HttpServer, versions 0.9.3 and 0.9.4, is exposed to a URISyntaxException that causes the connection to be closed prematurely instead of producing a 400 response.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2020-5403 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pivotal | Reactor Netty |
Affected:
0.9 v0.9.3.RELEASE
Affected: 0.9 v0.9.4.RELEASE |
guessed |
Date Public
2020-02-27 00:00
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